Professional Concert Violinist | Violin Lessons in Singapore
Andrea Lin has been performing professionally for 13 years with professional orchestras since 2013, performing in Ballets, Film, Game/ Anime, Operas, Pop/ Rock and Symphonic genres.
Andrea has served the positions of Concertmaster, Assistant Concertmaster and Principal 2nd Violin (Leadership roles) since 2017 at the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, New Opera Singapore, Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra & Chamber Orchestra, Wayfarer Sinfonietta, The Philharmonic Orchestra, BASE Entertainment Asia and UnUsUaL Limited productions.
She is a founding violinist of the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra since 2013, Resound Chamber Orchestra since 2016 and Asia Virtuosi since 2017 since their inaugural concerts.
Musical Theatre highlights includes 15 scheduled shows in the Singapore leg of the 'Miss Saigon' International Tour (2024). (The musical made its comeback to Singapore 23 years later!)
Besides performing regularly in professional orchestras, she was invited to contribute in academia. Since 2018, Andrea was invited as Guest performer along-side/ Mentoring in Orchestral concerts with the following Institutions; Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music of (NUS) and the NAFA of (UAS). She has also played in the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO) Conducting Seminar in 2023 by Maestro Peter Stark. She was appointed MFO Orchestra Mentor to coach young violinists for the Sing50 concert in 2015.
Other Teaching stints include having given Violin Sectionals and Ensemble Technical Workshops for String Ensembles of Methodist Girls School (Secondary), Anglo-Chinese (Independent) IB Orchestra and St. Margaret’s Secondary School in the years of 2017 to 2020. She was formerly the Conductor of Nanyang Primary School’s Junior String Ensemble and Sectional Instructor for the Senior Ensemble for 5 years (2017 - 2021) where they have achieved Distinctions at the SYF Arts Presentations.
Andrea graduated from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore where she studied 7 years (Young Artist and Bachelor's Degree with Honours in Violin Performance) with full scholarship awarded from the National Arts Council Singapore - Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, under the tutelage of Prof Zuo Jun (Head of Violin Studies) for her major studies.
She was placed on the Dean's List with High Honours, having scored Full GPA Score of CAP 4.0 during her 2nd Year of study with Prof Violaine Melaçon at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in the year of 2011.
Her Chamber Music and Orchestra Studies with Faculties of both Conservatories in Singapore and the USA include the T'ang Quartet, Professors Maria Lambros, Hajime Teri Murai and Jason Lai, along with many distinguished esteemed guest professors.
Violin Teaching, Private Violin Lessons in Singapore -
Andrea Lin currently teaches the violin at her private violin studio in Serangoon, Singapore since 2014.
Her violin students scored -
18 Distinctions at ABRSM Examinations (both Practical and Performance Exams) since 2018 from ABRSM Grade 2 to Grade 8.
1st Prizes in the American Protégé International Competition 2019 and performed in the Prize Winners’ Recital at Carnegie Hall in New York, USA, Singapore ‘Golden Lion Awards’ International Youth Music Arts Competition 2019, 2nd Prize and the only Violin Winner at the American Protégé International Music Competition of Romantic Music 2025 in the age category 11 - 14 years old, amongst many others.
Andrea's students have led their schools’ CCA string ensembles for SYF Arts Presentations and achieved Distinctions.
2 of her violin studio students formed a Trio, 'C.E.J. Trio' was accepted into the Chamber Music Academy programme of the inaugural Singapore Chamber Music Festival 2024.
Andrea has been playing the violin for 30 years since a young child. In her childhood violin journey, she played as 1st violinist of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO). Her first CD recording experience in the recording studios was with the Braddell Heights Sinfonietta, playing chamber music in 2006. In her earlier years, she was formerly a student of Mr K Tan and Mr Chua Lik Wuk. Andrea also shares music through her violin playing and visited Hospitals and Nursing Homes from 2008 to 2020 (pre-pandemic before visiting restrictions were implemented), bringing joy through music to the patients and residents. She has also performed with her YST schoolmates at charity fund-raising concerts for the Very Special Arts (Singapore) in 2010 and 2012, and hopes these inspires others to do so.
Andrea continues to perform today and shares her knowledge through teaching at her private violin studio, Andrea Lin Violin Studio in Serangoon, Singapore.
